Parting the Mists

I guess even the Christmas Tales deck has a challenging card! What challenge is before you and how will you tackle it?

Blessings,

Thistle

The Frost Queen

Makes the ice and snow in wintertime

Though one may associate this Frost Queen with the legendary Snow Queen or similar winter figures that tend to have a destructive or negative side, I’m not sure we could so easily dismiss this card as like that. This Queen is feeding the wild animals and though she doesn’t look particularly friendly, she also does not look harsh either. The animal are all looking to her for something. To me, it appears that she wants us to understand something; note the empty bag in the foreground with a note. A mystery is to be solved or a task or quest is being asked of us – or perhaps a challenge. After all, she makes the snow and ice in winter, which is both beautiful but challenging to live with.

Perhaps it’s time to detach a bit from those around you to get your grounding or to evaluate something not going according to plan, to create a new plan. Or are we avoiding a challenge set before us? Remember that overcoming challenges can help us to grow, so avoiding something that seems hard may hurt us in the long run.

Storyworld: Christmas Tales by John and Caitlin Matthews and artist Tomislav Tomic